Thanks to those who joined us for September’s Coffee with Common Cause Ohio. We covered a lot of ground and had great conversation around congressional mapmaking, attacks on the First Amendment, and Election Protection and the challenges that voters are facing. Links and resources are below to continue the work.

Click here​ for the slides and here for the recording.

Calls to Action

• Log your call to Rep. Stewart and Sen. Gavarone 
• Tell Congress: Deliver on the People’s Promise 

Redistricting

• Fair Maps Day photos
• Fair Districts/We Are Ohio video
• Fair Districts Resources and Ways to Take Action
• 2025 Ohio Congressional Map Submissions
• Map introduced by the Democrats (Senate Bill 259/House Bill 442)
• Where’s the map?
• Redistricting Timeline 2021-2023
• Advocates again call for fair redistricting with new Ohio congressional map coming soon, Ohio Public Radio, September 17, 2025;
• Ohioans rally for fair, transparent  congressional redistricting process, Ohio Capital Journal, September 19, 2025
• What happened to DeWine’s plan to seek changes to Ohio’s redistricting process?, Ohio Public Radio, September 15, 2025
• Ohioans rally for fair, transparent congressional redistricting process, Crain’s Cleveland Business, September 19, 2025 
• Land vs. population? Ohio Republicans and Democrats argue which matters more when drawing congressional maps, News5 Cleveland, September 24, 2025

Election Protection & General Election

• Consider being a poll worker – Learn more here
• Election Protection poll monitor training – Register here
• 2025 Election Protection Online Toolkit
• Confidence in Elections Online Toolkit
• General Election calendar
• All Voting is Local 2024 provisional report
• Department of Justice wants Ohio’s voter registration data and election information, 10TV, September 23.
•  Seneca County restores role of poll workers, 13abc.com, September 24.

Free Speech, the Federal Communications Commission, and Sinclair & Nexstar Media Groups

• Photos from the protest at ABC 6/WSYX in Columbus 

• 125 people protest Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC suspension; attacks on free speech, Dispatch picture gallery, September 23, 2025;

•  Protest forms outside ABC6 building, calls for Sinclair to reinstate ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live‘, Columbus Dispatch, September 23, 2025
• Dozens protest at Columbus’ ABC station after parent company opts to keep Jimmy Kimmel off the air, WOSU, September 23, 2025
• Trump’s new ABC threat proves Jimmy Kimmel right — and his MAGA allies wrong, analysis by Brian Stetler, CNN, September 24, 2025 

• Goods Unite Us Look for information to help target your boycott(s) 

People’s Promise

• Tell Congress: Deliver on the People’s Promise
• Send a letter to the editor 
• Join a Phonebank (Tues or Thurs at 6pm)
• Share Your Story

Impact of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill: 

• Trump’s Budget: The Big Ugly Betrayal, Common Cause

• The GOP’s Big Ugly Bill, Indivisible 
• Republicans passed their bad “Big Beautiful Bill.” Here are the ugly impacts we’ll see on clean energy, electricity costs, the environment and more. League of Conservation Voters, July 10, 2025

Upcoming events

• Sept 27, 1:00-3:00pm: Rally Against HB1 & SB88 
• Sept. 30, noon-1:30pm: Statehouse Tour with Common Cause Ohio and the Rooster
• Oct. 3, noon: Ohio Voter Rights Coalition Member Meeting
• Oct. 8, 6:00pm: Fair Districts All Volunteer October Huddle 
• October 18 No Kings 
• October 23, 8:30am: Coffee with Common Cause